[Vision2020] Like Tax-Breaks Ain't Enough . . .

[Paul Rumelhart]

Gods know we certainly don't want to bring in higher-paying employers in 
this time of record unemployment figures and lower salaries.

Paul

On 12/27/2011 10:46 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> So . . .
>
> In addition to high-end tax breaks, corporations will further be 
> enticed with $$$$ to move to Idaho . . . all during a tight budget year.
>
> By all means, cut back on the education budget.  These corporate 
> incentives ain't gonna pay for themselves!
>
> Courtesy of KHQ at:
>
> http://www.khq.com/story/16391802/economic-developers-want-employer-incentive-fund 
>
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>
>
>       Economic developers want employer incentive fund
>
> BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho economic developers say state lawmakers need 
> to create a $5- to $10-million fund that could be used to entice 
> high-paying employers to the state by rewarding them with incentive 
> packages.
>
> The business-recruitment arm of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce is 
> talking with the Idaho Department of Commerce and economic developers 
> around the state to push lawmakers in the 2012 legislative session to 
> create such a fund.
>
> Clark Krause of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership tells the Idaho 
> Statesman that the fund would increase the state's attractiveness to 
> potential employers.
>
> Krause says the state doesn't have to go overboard in handing out 
> incentives, but well-rounded incentives could help draw employers.
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>
> Seeya later, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Spokane, Washington
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
>
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